Dr. Vinod Thourani

Sagar Damle is a Transplant Surgeon and a Thoracic Surgeon in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Damle is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Tamponade. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Myxoma, Heart Tumor, Infective Endocarditis, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Damle is currently accepting new patients.

Cullen D. Morris, M.D., earned his medical degree from Emory University in 1996. He completed his general surgery residency and cardiothoracic surgery fellowship training at Emory as well, finishing in 2006. Dr. Morris remained at Emory as an assistant professor of surgery and then as an associate professor until joining Piedmont Heart Institute in March 2017.Dr. Morris is board certified in thoracic surgery. He is a member of American Board of Thoracic Surgery, The American Board of Surgery, and the South Atlantic Cardiovascular Society. His professional interests include coronary surgery, valve surgery and aortic surgery.In his spare time, Dr. Morris enjoys playing golf. Dr. Morris is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Tamponade. His top areas of expertise are Pleural Effusion, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Collapsed Lung, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Aortic Valve Replacement.

Ezequiel J. Molina, MD is the new surgical director of the LVAD and Heart Transplant Program at the Piedmont Heart Institute. He earned his medical degree from Buenos Aires University in Argentina. He completed his cardiothoracic surgery residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, where he served as a clinical instructor focusing on heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support devices. Dr. Molina is board certified in Thoracic Surgery and General Surgery.Dr. Molina has been practicing medicine for 10 years. He is proficient in all aspects of adult cardiac surgery including surgical coronary revascularization, aortic aneurysms, valve surgery, and complex reoperative surgery. He specializes in durable LVAD implantation, heart transplantation and surgical therapies for cardiogenic shock. Dr. Molina publishes and presents extensively in his field at national and international meetings. He has been an Investigator in several LVAD trials. Dr. Molina serves as a member of the STS-Intermacs Database Task Force, the largest durable LVAD registry in the world. Prior to joining Piedmont, Dr. Molina was the surgical director of the LVAD and Heart Transplant Program at the MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute in Washington, DC. He also served as co-interim chair of the Department of Cardiac Surgery. Dr. Molina was an associate professor of Surgery at Georgetown University and the program director of the mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation surgical fellowship.In his spare time, Dr. Molina enjoys spending time with his wife and three little children. He enjoys cycling, running, reading, and traveling.Dr. Molina is accepting new patients and welcomes most major insurance plans. Dr. Molina is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Tamponade. His top areas of expertise are Cardiogenic Shock, Atrial Myxoma, Heart Tumor, Heart Transplant, and Heart Bypass Surgery.